Wikipedia

5225 readers

126 users here now

A place to share interesting articles from Wikipedia.

Rules:

Only links to Wikipedia permitted (an exception is made for news about Wikipedia, where outside news sources are permitted)
Please stick to the format "Article Title (other descriptive text/editorialization)"
Tick the NSFW box for submissions with inappropriate thumbnails
On Casual Tuesdays, we allow submissions from wikis other than Wikipedia.

Recommended:

Use the search box to see if someone has previously submitted an article. Some apps will also notify you if you are resubmitting an article previously shared on Lemmy.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

dantheclamman@lemmy.world

Plum@lemmy.world

Notel (media device popular in North Korea for watching banned media) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It also plays EVDs!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

According to defectors, the Notel's multi-format support is used for evading detection of illegal media consumption: A North Korean disc can be placed in the device while a South Korean or foreign video is played from a USB drive or the SD card, which could be easily removed in case government inspectors arrive and check the device's temperature to see if it has been recently used, leaving the DVD disc as an alternative explanation.[8]

Communism seems fun.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, yes, but I would guess this is more of an authoritarian thing.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 weeks ago

"according to defectors" lol stay gullible